TOBACCO. 
The cultivation of tobacco was continued the past 
season. Only three varieties were grown—Havana, White 
Burley and Golden Pryor. The area devoted to the main 
crop was one-half acre, which was set out exclusively to 
Havana. The White Burley and Golden Pryor were 
planted in single rows 100 feet in length, merely at the 
request of New York parties, with a view to test the 
quality of the same. Tests were also made with tobacco 
grown on poor soil and rich soil, to determine the quality 
by chemical analysis. The results appear in the report of 
Dr. O’Brine, the Chemist of the Station. The cultivation 
of the plant was nearly the same as in the previous year, 
with these exceptions (see Annual Report, 1888). The 
raising of plants in hot-beds is expensive, and a rather 
difficult matter for anyone but a gardener, for it takes 
great care and experience to keep the small plants while 
they are in the seed leaf from damping off. To overcome 
this we started a cold frame, covered with cloth. Seed 
was sown April 9, ten days later than those sown in the 
hot-bed. The plants raised were set out about a week 
later than the others, but the tobacco ripened about the 
same time. Our soil is a clay loam that was heavily 
manured with well-rotted stable manure and coarse 
spoiled hay and rubbish. The latter were burned off, so 
